After a seven-year legal battle, American publishers and Google have come to
terms over the company's ambitious book-digitizing project. A settlement of the
publishers' copyright-infringement lawsuit, announced on Thursday by the
Association of American Publishers and Google, "will provide access to
publishers' in-copyright books and journals digitized by Google for its Google
Library Project," according to the groups' statement, and
"acknowledges the rights and interests of copyright-holders."
Litigation over the book project continues, however, between a group of
authors and Google.
Under the settlement, American publishers can now opt to remove their
copyrighted books and journals from Google's library project or choose to make
them available for use and sale. Beyond that, the statement offered few details,
not revealing what commercial terms Google and the publishers have reached.
Source: Wired Campus October 5
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